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For me when I think about Halloween costumes each year I struggle with choosing between the different facets of my personality. On one hand I want to choose a fun and goofy costume while I also want to take halloween as an opportunity to pay tribute to the different icons that have inspired me in my life. I didn’t have time to do a lot of looks for halloween this year but wanted to go all out in paying tribute to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

While Frida’s story is one told around the world I have always found tremendous connection with her due to her artistic creative outlet. While Frida experienced much heartbreak and angst in her life, she turned that pain into art creating painting that tested the resiliance of identity, post colonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society.

Today Frida Kahlo is known as an unconventional beauty who used her heart to break social ground in Mexico. Frida created conversation and has inspired millions around the world with her strength and resilience, making her the perfect icon to portray for my halloween costume in 2017.This year I’m so excited to be teaming up with Hotel ZaZa to invite you guys to the biggest 2017 Halloween Party in Dallas! ZaZa is prepping to party in Halloween style so good, it’s scary. The night of Oct. 27th will indeed be dark and full of terrors at the hotel’s annual Halloween bash, complete with DJ, dancing, drink specials and light bites. Guests are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild and dress accordingly for the Hotel ZaZa Halloween Party starting at 10 p.m. Individual tickets are $75 and must be purchased in person at the front desk. Looking to keep the entire weekend spooky ooky? Halloween 2017 Room Package includes Overnight luxury accommodations, Two tickets to ZaZa’s Halloween Event, Halloween turndown.

In the spring 0f 2017 Rupaul’s DragCon L.A. had sold over a million tickets and saw record breaking numbers while only just launching in 2015. It was only a matter of time before DragCon made their way to New York City and when they did Style Crave had to be there. The two day event sold over 40,000 tickets and was sold out days before the doors even open at the Javits Center on Sept 9th. Spearheaded by RuPaul and World of Wonder Productions, RuPaul’s DragCon provides a platform for fans – of all ages and backgrounds – to meet and interact with world-renowned celebrities and icons in a creative, friendly and accessible environment. “At RuPaul’s DragCon, we celebrate all the colors of the rainbow,” exclaims RuPaul. “We have an orange president that wraps himself in red, white and blue. How are you going to make America great again if you can’t love all the colors of the rainbow?“Makeup Social Media Influencers like Sophie and Lucy Garland traveled all the way from Melbourne, Australia to meet fans at the Marc Jacobs Beauty booth. Infamous Youtubers Manny MUA and Jeffree Star also made appearances during the two day event.

Wether you go to DragCon to shop the booths, meet the queens, experience the energy or just people watch there is so much to experience. It makes sense as to why Drag Con is a two day event because in the few hours we were there we could barely soak in half of the convention floor. Drag superstars like Naomi Smalls, Bible Girl, Trixie Mattell, and Rupaul’s Drag Race season 9 winner Sasha Velour drew in meet and greet lines that queued around three hours to snap a picture.

“The expressions of love, family and imagination that flooded the Convention Center this past weekend made RuPaul’s DragCon the happiest and most fabulous place on earth,” says Randy Barbato, World of Wonder co-founder. The energy at DragCon is free acceptance. Come as you are or how you want to be, no judgement. It felt like I was hanging out with 50,000 of my closest friends all in one place at one time and we were all the cool kids when in reality most of us we’re outcasts growing up.

Brands like Sugar Pill Cosmetics, Manic Panic and Marc Jacobs Beauty came out to support the DragCon initiative with elaborate booths and even sponsored some of the queens in attendance. Having an event like DragCon in NYC is especially significant given the history of Gay Pride. “We’re excited to bring DragCon to NYC where our queens will prance proudly in the city of Stonewall, under the watchful eye of the fiercest queen of all – Lady Liberty,” Says World of Wonder co-founder Fenton Bailey.

DragCon isn’t just a home for Rupaul’s Drag Race superfans, guests have the opportunity to mix and mingle with queens, make up artists and artisans from all over the world who share the passion for the art of drag. You never know what connections and friends you can make just by showing up to a convention like DragCon.

Sashay your way to Los Angeles for Rupaul’s Drag Con L.A. in the spring of 2018. For tickets and more information about DragCon click HERE

Disclosure: While I was given product by Fresh Beauty for review, opinions are strictly my own.I was recently invited into the Fresh Boutique at North Park Center in Dallas, T.X. to check out some of their new products as well as their exciting new family rewards program where you get gifted to shop. I have been using Fresh Beauty sugar scrub and masks since I was in high school but haven’t had tried much more than that. I have normal to dry skin so I was excited to pick up some products I could easily transition into my fall routine to help boost my glow during the cold dry months.Inspiring decor, beautiful light instillation’s and a “love wall” Fresh Beauty is nothing short of inviting. One of the things I loved about being in the Fresh Boutique at NorthPark is all the stations you can play with to discover new products. Between Mask stations, fragrance bars and the Fresh Beauty photo book there are plenty of Insta friendly moments to snap while you search for your new favorites. Fresh Beauty recently revamped their Family Rewards Program so that you can instantly start earning points when you make your first purchase and take home a book of some Fresh Beauty classics when you sign up. Receive invites to private Fresh events, free hand picked gifts, birthday gifts and much more as you earn points. Check out their Fresh Family Rewards HEREIn Europe skincare boosters are wildly trending however the craze still has yet to hit the states in a mainstream way. While the public of America may not be familiar with boosters just yet I have to tell you I love them! A booster is a highly potent concentrate you mix into you favorite moisturizer to enhance the formula with added benefits. For me a hydrating, glow booster is ideal so when I found the Seaberry Booster at Fresh Beauty I knew I had to snag it. Rocou extract is packed with potent natural antioxidants while Seaberry oil is a powerful antioxidant rich in nourishing omegas 3, 6, 7 & 9.Speaking of glow there was never a chance I was going to walk out of Fresh without the Instant Glow Luminizer. This sheer illuminating cream gives a natural-looking hydrated glow to the skin. Add this cream all over for radiant glow or double up on high points of the cheek and eye lids for a beaming fresh face look. The Meadowfoam seed oil helps to soften and moisturize while the Vitamin C helps to tone, and vitamin E helps to soften skin texture. The perfect mix of a lip balm and lip treatment the Sugar Lip Caramel Hydrating Balm is a rich, moisturizing lip glaze that smoothes and comforts on contact while delivering a velvety sheen. While it looks brown in the component it actually applies transparent and gives you most beautiful hydrated pout for hours. I love keeping this on me all day. Vitamin E helps to protect the lips while the fine sugar keeps lips exfoliated and hydrated.